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Lotteries: Northern Ireland |
| Question ID: |
1804796 |
| UIN: |
HL7677 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1833 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Mancroft
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Lord Mancroft
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received regarding the potential increase in charitable funding in Northern Ireland should large British society lotteries extend their operations there. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4966 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answer text: |
Gambling is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, and therefore the operation of large-scale society lotteries is a matter for the Northern Irish Executive.Large-scale society lotteries in Great Britain are legislated through the Gambling Act 2005, which... |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |